WebMD.com : Acupuncture May Be Effective for Migrainesall of the participants — including those in the sham group — reported fewer days with migraines than before the study began…………However…….Three months after treatment, people who received traditional Chinese acupuncture continued to report a reduction in migraine days, frequency, and intensity. People who received the sham treatment did not…….“Putting needles in the patient twice weekly over six weeks does have a [physical] effect, but if we did it the Chinese way, we might be better off,” he says